Soviet Sport Number 8

Final competitions of the III Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR at the Central Lenin Stadium in Luzhniki. Athletes are standing - the envoys of the 15 Union republics. In the central box, the leaders of the CPSU and the Soviet government. Athletes parade. Performances with floor exercises, with scarves. Rocket take off. Parachutists over the stadium. Sportsmen with flags are riding motorcycles. Women's 100 meter race. Men at 100m; among the participants - E. Ozolin. Competitions for women in single kayaks in the Khimki reservoir. There is a 148 km cyclist race on the Kurkinskoye highway. The winners of the bicycle race on the podium. Horse racing with obstacles. Competition heavyweight weightlifters Yuri Vlasov and L. Zhabotinsky. On the sum of three movements, Yu. Vlasov won. In the sports hall of the Sports Palace are gymnasts: P. Astakhova, L. Latygina, S. Muratova. B. Shakhlin is performing on the uneven bars. Winners on the podium. High jump and pole jump. The finish of the relay race participants is 4x100 meters. Presentation of cups to the teams that took from 1 to 3 places. Closing of the Spartakiad. All-Union Spartakiad of schoolchildren in Volgograd. The guest of honor is the cosmonaut G.S.Titov. Competitions: high buckles, swimmers' swim.

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1963